Metallic car.



No. 647,927. Patented Apr. I7, I900. C. T. SCHUEN & J. M. HANSEN.

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METALLIC CAB.

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ANITED STATES PATENT CHARLES T. SOHOEN, OF PHILADELPHIA, AND JOHN M.HANSEN, OF BELLEVUE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO THE PRESSED STEEL OARCOMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

' METALLIC CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,927, dated April17, 1900.

Application filed November 9, 1899. Serial No. 786,362. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES T. SOHOEN, residing at Philadelphia, in thecounty of Philadelphia, and JOHN M. HANSEN, residing at Bellevue, in thecounty of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania,citizens of the UnitedStates, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in MetallicCars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the construction primarily of box-cars, andinwhich the underframe, including the end sills, and the body, includingthe roof, are formed of plates of metal, preferably steel, pressed orbent to shape. WVe do not limit our invention, however, to the use ofits parts in all-metal cars.

In those cars in which is used an extension coupling-link in asubstantially-straight end sill there is constant liability ofuncoupling in passing around sharp curves in the road. One object of ourinvention is to avoid this difficulty, and we attain said object byemploying an end sill having the greatest projection at the center,where is located the coupling or draw-bar, and tapering to nothing ateach end-that is to say, at opposite sides of the car.

In the use of metallic roofs for cars it is difficult to make the jointof the roof-plates rain-tight; and another obj ectof ourinvention is toconstruct a metallic car-bodyin a practically rain-tight manner. Thisobject we attain by providing posts, to which the sides are fastened,and connecting these posts at the top by single-flange and double-flangecarlines,preferably alternately arranged, and which support overlappedroof -plates, the

ends of the roof-plates being overlapped upon the outside of the sidesof the car.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating our invention, in the severalviews of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is an endelevation with the upper portion of the body in vertical section. Fig. 2is a plan view of the end sill detached. Fig. 3 is an enlargedcross-section of the roof-corner of one side of the car. Fig. 4 is alongitudinal section ofone end of the car. Fig. 5 is a side elevation ofthe double-flange carline. Fig.

'6 is a similar View of the single-flange car line. Fig. 7 is anenlarged central cross-section of the end sill. Fig. 8 is a horizontalsec: tion of one end of the car, taken just above the vertical flange ofthe end sill. Fig. 9 is an enlargedlongitudinal vertical section showingmore in detail the single-flange carline, and Fig. 10 is a similar viewshowing the double-flange carline.

, The underframe may be of any approved construction, excepting that itsend sills a are madeIof greatest cross-sectional width at their centera, where the draw-bar is arranged, and taper thence, as at a ailaterallyand run out to nothing at their ends at the sides of the car andprovided at such ends with the rearwardly-extending flanges a to overlapthe sides of the underframe or side sills. The top portion of this sillis solid and is provided with a vertical flange a which is riveted tothe end of the car, and the face of the sill is made with an opening toreceive the drawbar, and the metal of this opening is turned backinwardly, as at a, and the bottom flange a is provided on opposite sidesof this opening and running out to nothing laterally of the car. The endsill thus described may be formed of a single piece of sheet or platemetal, preferably steel, pressed to shape. The end sill is adapted toreceive the push-pole corner-plates b.

An end sill constructed in the manner describedthat is to say, with thecentral projection and the disappearing or tapered sidesis especiallyadapted for use in connection with extension-link couplings and toprevent uncoupling in turning sharp curves, inasmuch as the ends of theadjacent cars have a longer radius of movement before coming intocontact than is possible Where the end sills are straight across theirfaces.

The floor c of the car maybe composed of metal plates suitably securedto the under frame, and above these plates are erected the posts 61 e,to which the side plates f, of metal, are secured, with their meetingends overlapped. If for any reason a wooden lining be desired, theboards g h of such lining are secured to wooden posts i 7', fitted tothe metal posts cl e, respectively. These metal posts d 6 may besections of L shape for strength and lightness.

The car is provided With single-flange carlines 7c and double-flangecarlines Z, the former being bent to the cross-sectional contour orprofile of the roof and secured at their ends to the posts through theintervention of gusset-plates m and the latter having their upperflanged surfaces formed to the crosssectional contour or profile of theroof and their lower flanges made as chords and secured at their ends tothe posts, also through the intervention of gusset-plates n, and thesecarlines 7c and Zmay be secured in alternation throughout the car-body.

The roof is composed of plates 0 of metal, having their meeting endsoverlapped over and secured upon the several carlines. The roof-plateshave their ends, at the sides of the car, flanged downwardlyat 0', Fig.3, to overlap the top. edges of the sides of the car. This overlappingof the roof-plates at their meeting ends and over the carlines, to whichthey are secured, and at their ends over the sides of the car, wherethey are also riveted, insures a rain-tight construction. If desired,any suitable waterproof or other packing may be interposed at thesepoints.

The use of the double-flange car-lines Z, which are practically trussedarches, greatly increases the strength and stiffness of the sides androof.

The running-board p and its supporting cross-pieces q may be of anyapproved constructi'on.

The parts shown but not described may be of any approved or usualconstruction.

What We clainris-- 1. A pressed-steel end sill, for cars, having itsvertical face provided with a central projection adapted to receive thedraw-bar or coupling, and tapering thence to nothing at its ends nextthe sides of the car, a solid top having a vertical flange, and a bottomflange, substantially as described.

2. A pressed-steel end sill, having a ce1itral projection a, taperedportions a end flanges a a solid top having a vertical flange, and abottom flange, substantially as described.

3. In a car, the combination of side posts, a single-flange carline anda double-flange carline springing from said side posts and supportingthe roof, the said double-flange carline having its upper flange of thecontour of the roof and its lower flange a chord, substantially asdescribed.

4:. In a car, the combination of side posts, a single-flange carlinebent to the contour or profile of the cross-section of the roof, and adouble-flange carline' having its upper flange conforming to the contouror profile of the cross-section of the roof and its lower flange made asa chord, and the roof secured to such carlines, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a metallic car, the combination of metal posts, sides composed ofmetal plates secured to said posts, single-flange and donble-flangecarlines springing from said posts, metal roof-plates having theirmeeting ends overlapped and riveted to said carlines and havingdepending sides overlapped upon the sides of the car, substantially asdescribed.

6. In a metallic car, the combination of metal posts, single-flange anddouble-flange metal carlines springing from said posts, andgusset-plates arranged at the juncture of the said carlines with thesaid posts, substantially as described.

7. A pressed-steel carline, having a flanged upper edge of the profileof the roof and a lower flanged chord, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands this 1st day ofNovember, A. D.

CHARLES T. SCIIOEN. JOHN M. HANSEN. Witnesses:

W. D. GEORGE, C. E. POsTLE'rI-IWA E.

